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	<title>The Blair Robot Project Blog &#187; zipties</title>
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		<title>Ferocious Zip Ties</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 19:09:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Mechanics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Programming]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[build season]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Never hold a zip tie by its tail (the long end) and use it like a whip to hit someone with the head (the square end that you can feed the head through).  Especially never do this to the president of your robotics team.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><b>WARNING: Never hold a zip tie by its tail (the long, flat end) and use it like a whip to hit someone with the head (the square end that you can feed the tail through).</b></p>
<p>This happened to me on Sunday where, upon arriving, I was attacked by a bored <s>freshman</s> sophomore.  It kind of stung, but I didn&#8217;t think anything of it&#8230; until I started trying to work on planning pre-season lessons.  That&#8217;s when I noticed my hand was bleeding in several places (5, to be precise).  I had to go upstairs to have Eric&#8217;s mom put some antiseptic on my hand (I don&#8217;t trust sophomore boys to keep their hands clean.  Heck, I don&#8217;t trust <i>me</i> to keep my hands clean).</p>
<p>Needless to say, I was kind of pissed.</p>
<p>On the plus side, I managed to work with Daniel to get most of the training schedule for next year set.  We have 12 days this year, up from 9 last year (just how school scheduling works out) (hooray!).</p>
<p>Training this year is going to be a LOT more hands on than last year.  Half the sessions are reserved for hands on practice, including wiring and programming a robotic arm and building a set of drive trains.  Hopefully everyone will come out of training ready to head straight into Build Season (or at the very least, know the difference between a bolt and a nut).</p>]]></content:encoded>
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